Cotton-tie buckle.



W. E. GRISHAM. COTTON TIE BUCKLE. APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 28, 1908.

Patented May 25, 1909.

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WILLIAM nenisnan, Oman-R, ARKANSAS.

COTTON-TIE Buckie.

concern: I Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. GrRISHAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tillar, in the county of Drew and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Cotton-Tie Buckle, of which the following is a" specification.

tener, as when the The object of the invention is to provide an article of this character that shall be simple of construction, thoroughly efficient in operation, and in which the assemblage of the band therewith shall be so accomplished as to insure the positive union of the parts under all strains to which they shall be subjectedsuch as those resulting from rough handling of the bale equipped with the fasbale is being drayed or trans'hipped.

"With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction and combination of parts of a bale band fastener,'as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts :Figure 1 is a view in perspective displaying the fastener assembled with the two ends of a bale tie, the latter being broken longitudinal sectional view away. Fig. 2 is a through the fastener, taken on one side of 5 theband. Fig. 3 is aperspective detail view the fastener, viewed from the inner side. Flg. 1 is an edge view of the fastener.

The fastener shown in detail in Fig. 3, is

I stamped from a strip of metal of the requisite thickness, is approximately rectangular i in shape, and is provided at one end with a transverse band receiving opening 1, and

" along its two sides with two locking key keepers 2 and 3, which extend from points adjacent to one endof the fastener to points adjacent to the opening 1. The keepers are bent away from the flat body 1 of the buckle plate, by whichterm the article shown in Fig. 3 will hereafter be designated, to form a salient angle 8, arranged to receive and securely hold the locking key 5, which may be an ordinary wire nail, the head 6 of which will provide a ready means by which the key may be removed by an ordinary pair of pincers.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 28, 1908.

Patented May 25, 1909.

Serial No. 450,740.

The term bent as applied to the keepers, is not to be construed as meaning arcuate, as in effect the bends are somewhat angular.

As will be noted by reference to Fig. 4:, the crests of the bends are not disposed at the central points of the keepers, but are farthest removed from the slotted end of the fastener. This arrangement will cause the inner walls of the keepers from the slotted end of the fastener to the crests of the bends, to be longer, or of less angularity than the remaining lengths of the keepers, resulting thereby in causing the locking key, when strain is applied to the band, to be forced downward upon the ends of the band, and thereby securely hold these parts, as well as the key from loosening or becoming detached.

The band 7, which as usual is constructed of a length of sheet iron or other suitable metal, has one end passed through the opening 1, thence bent around the opposite end of the fastener, and disposed upon the top or outer surface of the body 4. The other end of the band is bent in a direction the reverse of the first named end, and is disposed upon the same when the parts are assembled, as shown in Fig. 2. Itis designed that the last described bend in the band will be made after the bale has been compressed, although it may be accomplished before this procedure takes place.

In the use of the band and fastener, after the bale has been compressed, the band is placed around the bale, and when the free looped end of the band has been disposed between the keepers, as shown in Fig. 1, the locking key is then inserted, and will operate firmly to hold all the parts secured together.

The improvements herein defined, while simple in character, will be found thoroughly eflicient for the purposes designed and will coact in the production of an efficient and highly durable form of bale band fastener.

In a device of the class described, a buckleplate comprising a body portion provided with a pair of longitudinally disposed locking-key keepers, and having a transversely disposed band-receiving opening adjacent to one of its ends; a band having one end passed through the opening and bent around In testimony that I claim the foregoing the other end of the bnckel-plate, the other as my own, I have hereto afixed my signaend of the band being bent to form a loop ture in the presence of two witnesses.

arranged to be disposed between the two W; E. GRISHAM. keepers; and a key arranged to be inserted WVitnesses: between the keepers and the body and J. W; BARNETT,

through the loop formed in the band. R. E. SANDERS. 

